18 THE president's ADDRESS. 



end of the old aisle three arches at right angles to each other 

 support the Bell or Clock tower which is intended to take the 

 place of the old one, which was removed, — then comes the 

 great porch at the southern end of the transept, the gift of 

 Canon Phillpotts — which, until the nave is built, will be the 

 main entrance, and one of the most striking features of the 

 Cathedral. Entering by this porch you see before you the 

 position of the great central Tower — two of the piers being 

 completed to the same height as the choir, of which they form 

 a part — while only the foundations of the other two are as yet 

 constructed. Beyond them, the walls of the northern end of 

 the transept are commenced, while immediately on your left 

 (to the westward of the south porch) is the position of the 

 Baptistery. This is to be built entirely from a distinct fund as 

 a memorial of Henry Martyn, the great Cornish missionary, 

 whose life was sacrificed to his unflinching zeal, as a preacher 

 of the gospel, and to what Sir James Stephen calls "his fervent 

 compassion for a world he longed to quit, and panted to 

 improve." 



The transept which is now being commenced, will be 

 proceeded with at once, as a memorial of Bishop Benson's 

 episcopate. I think this is a time when we are justified in 

 asking all who have the means to try once for all to finish this 

 portion of the work which the county has determined to 

 undertake. 



"When that transept is finished (and I hope we may be 

 able to finish it, instead of incurring the useless expenditure 

 of temporarily roofing it), I feel that this generation wall 

 have done its work, and I, for one, would most strongly 

 protest against any further appeal being made to the county 

 in our time. 



In conclusion, I ma}' say that a programme for the usual 

 Summer Excursion, to take place in the eastern part of the 

 county, will shortly be arranged, which I ho]3e will be agreeable 

 to the members of the Institution, and in which we shall be 

 glad to welcome representatives of the sister societies, whose 

 mutual co-operation I think it most desirable to encourage. 



